Harry Byrd vs. Chance Ruffin — Career Comparison

Harry Byrd
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the Year
Chance Ruffin
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Byrd built a career as a starting pitcher and Chance Ruffin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Byrd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.35 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 5.6 and 1.720 for Chance Ruffin. By the career numbers, Harry Byrd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Byrd and Chance Ruffin

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
2.03
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.17
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.5
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.59
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
46
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.36
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
4.35
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.6
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2483
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
827.2
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
890
9.68
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
10.54
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.54
10.54
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.77
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
2.3
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
3.86
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
381
4.14
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.22
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.45
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3675
39.96
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
41.82
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.39
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
4.81
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.93
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.99
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.504
1.504
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.683
1.683
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3279
35.66
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
36.55
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.96
39.96
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.82
41.82

Fielding Stats for Harry Byrd and Chance Ruffin

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.78
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
7.9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.1
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1056
27
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
9
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.18
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.22
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.63
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.4
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.03
95.03
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.042
0.042
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.99
22.99
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.2
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Byrd and Chance Ruffin

Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
385.57
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
24
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
600
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
262
540.21
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
86.6
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
82.47
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.02
14.48
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
90.72
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
105.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.99
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28.87
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
61.86
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
8.34
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.56
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
60
123.71
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.85
4.85
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.24
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.31
Chance Ruffin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.06
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.12
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Byrd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Chance Ruffin
Career
Per 600 PA